The United States has more casinos than any other country on the planet. There are nearly 300 gambling properties in Las Vegas alone. World Casino News covers the changing casino landscape across the country by highlighting changes in gambling law & legislation, announcing casino proposals, providing project updates as they occur, and reporting on casinos that have been sold or slated for closure along with every other important happening.
While Tribal Gaming has its own section in the news you will find coverage in this section for all 28 states that have compacts with the tribes as well. Las Vegas and Atlantic City get a lot of coverage here but we also keep you informed about casinos in the heartland and along the Gulf Coast. We followed the upstate New York casinos closely from the siting process to grand openings and will continue to provide financial updates as well as breaking news when the next round of licensing gets underway. You'll read it here first when New York City welcomes their first full-scale, non-lottery casino.
Thirteen years after the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Texas was forced to cease all gambling operations, the tribe’s property just off U.S. Highway 190 in East Texas could soon be home to a new casino.
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Today, city leaders in Michigan's Motor City will be closely watching the latest round of negotiations between the Detroit Casino Council and three of the city's casinos due to the region’s intense competition ...
Christopher Jenkins has been arrested after allegedly cheating at the Sands Casino Bethlehem. It was just after 3:30 in the morning on Sunday that Jenkins tried to bet after the cards were dealt, which is a met...
Veronica Castillo recently visited the Washington casino, the Lucky Eagle Casino, located in Rochester to spend time with her mother. After an evening of fun, they settled in at their hotel and went back to the...
Update 11-26-2015: CfA retracts public comments and allegations, issues apology.
Sheldon Adelson, billionaire and chairman of the Las Vegas Sands (LVS) is known for having strong political ties in the nation...
In what prosecutors called the first of its kind prosecution in Nevada, on Tuesday, Clark County District Court Judge Kerry Earley sentenced Bryan Micon, a Las Vegas professional gambler and former operator of ...
Owners of Nevada’s Eureka Casino Resort are introducing an intriguing business strategy by converting the casino-resort’s retirement account into an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
Just off I-15 in Mes...
The restructuring efforts of Caesars Entertainment Operating Company is currently being investigated by an examiner, former federal prosecutor Richard Davis. The report by Davis was scheduled to be ready by the...
As is often the case after competing entities invest millions of dollars in casino proposals, and all but one have no hope of recouping their gamble, Kansas Crossing Casino - who won the bid for a state-owned c...
Governor Chris Chistie of New Jersey has not yet said whether he will veto or sign into a law important legislation that would help struggling casinos in Atlantic City. New Jersey law dictates that the governor...
Stockton University announced Friday that their sale of the former Showboat Casino to Philadelphia developer, Bart Blatstein which was expected to wrap up Monday, will be delayed until mid January. The news was...
The developers of a proposed $677 million casino for the town of Brockton, Massachusetts told the state's gaming regulators this week that they can bring in 4 million visitors a year and generate $2 billion in ...
Finalization for a 115-acre East Taunton land deal between six property owners and the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian tribe took place this week. On Thursday the deal worth $34.5 million was filed via a quitclaim dee...
From competing tribes to the state legislature and even the US House and Senate, the Tohono O’odham Nation has faced strong headwinds in trying to get a casino opened on the edge of the Phoenix, Arizona suburb ...
The two federally recognized tribes in Connecticut, the Mashantucket Pequots and the Mohegan Tribe, have received five proposed sites for a new casino in the state. The proposals were due on Friday seeking the ...